W.House launches second day of attacks on Democrats

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W.House launches second day of attacks on Democrats

Reuters
Wednesday, June 15, 2005; 4:11 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House accused Democratic leaders on Wednesday of obstructing President Bush's agenda in a second straight day of combative attacks against the minority party on Capitol Hill.

"I think the American people reject those who simply say no and stand in the way of getting things done," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.

The tough talk came as Bush prepared to play host to many members of Congress from both parties on Wednesday night at a picnic on the White House South Lawn.

The rhetoric suggested a level of frustration by the president at his struggle to advance his second-term agenda.

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[tk2kewl]

1. Their job is to obstruct your agenda, shithead.

Use all that "political capital" you have to get your to do your dirty work.

[TahitiNut]

35. And they're failing miserably.

The Democrats have not successfully blocked a single Appeals Court nomination, a single administration nomination, a dollar of funding for Guantanamo, a dollar of funding for Iraq, a dollar of funding for abu Ghraib, or a dollar of bonuses for Halliburton.

[confludemocrat]

48. None of this is about Bush agenda its about the gloves-off Dean way of

speaking about their ugly, bloody motives, their methods, their racism, their corruption and not backing down. Only Biden has been asshole enough to repeat his attacks on Dean, all the rest of the faint-hearted Demos have realized they should STFU.

And anyone here who criticize those who criticize Deans truthtelling as "eating our own", should go take a flying leap.

The WH and RNC is cracking under this truthtelling about what they really are and is now lashing out. It's not gonna work.

[pokercat999]

61. Could it be the chimpinator has no clothes?

With Rove as the tailor.

[dogday]

2. Yes, we are getting in the way of his plans, and I hope we put

a big dent in your plans shrub. That is our job stupid!

[AndyTiedye]

3. "Tough Talk"? Sounds Winey and Petulant to Me

but of course they can't say that in the paper.

[William Seger]

15. Yeah, I thought he was the "bring it on" guy

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. ooh can I edit that last sentence????

"The rhetoric suggested a level of pouty fear that the (p)resident isn't getting his way."

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/665903

[cthrumatrix]

5. they must be scared shitless.....

[proud patriot]

6. fierce screams of blame ...Bawahahahaha

:evilgrin:

[iconoclastNYC]

7. We are winning!

I can't help but this won't help erode his reputaion among some of his not so die-hard followers of being a good Christian.

He's debasing the office!!!

[TahitiNut]

41. That sounds a lot like the cry of the flea copulating with the elephant.

As the elephant backed up against the flea, she stepped on a thorn and cried out in pain. The flea, just before being squashed into a small stain, yelled "Suffer, b**ch!"

When do we take to the streets with torches and pitchforks? :eyes:

[jaysunb]

53. heh heh

I think I get it. ROFLAMO
:hi:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

64. When?

When we hit absolute bottom.

[shoelace414]

8. they run every branch of the government

and still they complain? I thought Democrats were the do nothing party, is he now saying they are doing something?

[jpgray]

9. Has Scott seen the polls that say a majority of Americans WANT this?

They want an opposition. Someone in the press corps better turn that shit around and hand Scotty and Bush their asses. You don't agree to a bad idea just for the sake of agreeing. If all someone offers is bad ideas, you try to stop every one of them.

[William Seger]

19. Of COURSE he's seen them -- that's the problem

Losing control of the message.

[PunkPop]

22. No kidding

Can their rhetoric get any more simple-minded and obtuse?

[Guckert]

10. No WMD, No Nukes, No mobile weapons labs, No scuds, No link to 9/11

[bullimiami]

16. No WMD, No Nukes, No mobile weapons labs, No scuds, No link to 9/11 and

no yellow cake, no centrifuge, no botulinum toxin, no anthrax, no threat, no danger but

lies lies lies and

bombing, massive death, torture, murder, a country destroyed, a people destroyed and corporate america is awash in profit.

[Guckert]

34. HELL YES WE SAY NO !!! NO TO THE LIES!!!

[bvar22]

51. No Bin Laden,

No Anthrax Mailer

[marmar]

11. They absolutely need to stop his agenda...

Remember what happened when no one stopped a crazy agenda in Germany.

[Pawel K]

12. This coming from the white house that wont address simple questions asked

by over 100 members of the house. Oh the irony.

[DrZeeLit]

13. I can't believe that they want to call attention to the fact that....

THEY ARE LOSERS.... LLLLOOOOOOSSSSERS!
Wah! Wah! Wah! "They won't let us up to bat! I want my ball back! You aren't playing fair!"

Geez.... hellllooooo Poli Sci 101 -- the opposition is..... OPPOSING your agenda. DUH!

No, let's see.... we're supposed to fall on the floor of the capitol and create a huge Democratic party DOORMAT and your agenda walks right on in and says "howdy!" to the rest of the nation?

I think not.
Abstruct away, ye stall-wart (sp on purpose) Dems!
Bra Vo!

[BiggJawn]

27. Some think so.

"we're supposed to fall on the floor of the capitol and create a huge Democratic party DOORMAT and your agenda walks right on in and says "howdy!" to the rest of the nation?"

Why not? Jowley Joe LIEberman and Iban Baught think that's the "Shining Path to True Bipartisanship"....

[Roland99]

14. WAAAAAAHHH!!!!

[DBoon]

17. Obstructing armed robbery is a good thing

heroes get medals for this.

So should these Democrats.

[gratuitous]

18. Gee, we were beneath notice before

The White House has had to come out two days in a row to remind the media that everything is all the Democrats' fault? To quote Rick in Casablanca, "I see. Gestapo spank."

[meganmonkey]

20. Oh, poor resident bush**

His party is in charge of all 3 branches of gov't and he STILL can't get anything done.

Waaah fuckin' waah waah.

It's because the things you want to get done ARE BAD FOR AMERICA, bushco.

YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS FOREVER!

[jmaier]

21. It's an admission of weakness

They control the levers of government and can't move their agenda through effortlessly because of the Democrats? Nope, the agenda is so bad that even some Republicans are stealthily strewing banana peels in the path.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

23. Food Fight

credit: Animal House.

[judy]

24. Scott, you are such a joker !!!

"I think the American people reject those who simply say no and stand in the way of getting things done," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters

No, Scottie, the American people looooove those who say no to getting your illegal, murderous, disastrous things done!!

[Javaman]

25. Imagine the stress at that picnic, huh?

Will they have food tasters? I'd love to see that softball game.
Rummy is the coach, "make sure you slide into home with your cleets nice and high".

[BiggJawn]

26. "Second" day?

I thought the GOP has been attacking Democrats since at LEAST Bill Clinton's innauguration day. I could be wrong, but then Bolton could be a diplomat, too....

[wtmusic]

33. At the porn star dinner last night

they were blowing anti-Democratic hot air all night.

[EC]

28. I get really irritated when he says this:

"I think the American people reject those who simply say no and stand in the way of getting things done," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.


Because he certainly doesn't speak for me or anyone I know....and we are all Americans...

[Submariner]

29. What a stupid sonofabitch

He has had total control of all facets of our government for five years and he is bitching obstructionism. No AWOL-boy, it is totally and entirely INCOMPETENCE on your part idiot!

[Vickers]

30. Alternate headline: "Bush's War On Democrats As Effective as GWOT"

:eyes:

[Roy]

31. How about some Dem leader standing up to tell the truth

About who is the REAL obstructionist here. why it's the American people who are obstructing Mr. Bush's' agenda. If the public backed his privatization scheme it would have been law, long ago. If the public backed any of his give it to the rich, stick it the poor agenda, everything would have been implemented and his approvals would be at 98%. It is his agenda that has his approvals in the basement and the American people know exactly what his agenda is.

what Bush is missing is, if he stop trying to shift blame to the Democrats and actually listen to the people, instead of jamming his radical right wing agenda down the peoples throats, he would learn that the American people are NOW WISHING that they had obstructed his illegal invasion of Iraq, thereby saving life, limbs, and sanity of over 40,000 americans and over 100,000 iraqi civilians, they are wishing they had obstructed his horrible bankruptcy bill.
So, if Mr. Bush want to keep labeling the American people as obstructionist, he can go right ahead, for we will insure that as the leader of the republican party, the rest of the party is tied to him, his agenda, and the labels he so recklessly throw around

[wtmusic]

32. We will continue to stand in the way of getting REALLY BAD things "done"

FYI (shithead) Scotty.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

36. if the american people have rejected his agenda as of late

i don't think obstructing it is going to anger anyone other than the most hard-core freepers

sure, sean hannity will open a six pack of canned outrage, but no one will give a shit

[MidwestTransplant]

37. George, If you can't even get your own party on board, your ideas must

really suck.

[Rex]

38. How can Dems obstruct anything when they are not allowed to

hold committee meetings in Congressional rooms? Repukes don't allow it.

[dkofos]

39. Hey, pseudoprez, Your Agenda is not what the people want!

Put something on the table that won't make us :puke:,
that is in the interest of the people (not the Corporatists)
and then maybe something will get done.

[Supersedeas]

40. Are you conceding that you've got NO GAME Scotty McButterpants

[Edgewater_Joe]

42. Really? I Haven't Noticed. (No, Really - You Can't Tell!)

The Schiavo thing -- you know, where the proactive Bush Regime kind of overstepped their bounds on their way to jumping the shark? -- is sort of overwhelming their message today.

[PlanetBev]

43. So, Senator Biden...

You spineless buttfuck. Tell us again why we should play nice to the Republicans. Tell us again why we should distance ourselves from a man of courage like Howard Dean.

You miserable surrender monkey. Pick up some KY jelly on the way home and go fuck yourself.

[confludemocrat]

49. My sentiments exactly (n/t)

[applegrove]

44. give up the documents on Bolton you fools! It is standard practice!!

[deadparrot]

45. Fuck off, Scott.

If you could keep your own party in line, you could pass whatever you want. YOU'RE THE MAJORITY EVERYWHERE.

Stop blaming Democrats. They're the opposition party, you stupid hick. They're supposed to OPPOSE.

[slay]

46. Bush has picnic while YOUR CHILD GETS KILLED IN IRAQ

That's what the letter to any parent whose child dies in Iraq today should say! When will all the lies, corruption, and death stop?

[The_Casual_Observer]

47. "I think the American people "

Who gives a fuck what that shit-the-pants messenger boy thinks?

So, bush is struggling? I would like to see him struggle hanging from a gallows AFTER a legitimate war crimes trial and conviction.

[dave29]

50. uh oh he's becoming whiny and petulant again.

Perhaps he'll throw a tantrum at the picnic

[Toots]

52. But they don't simply say no and to say that is a LIE

They say you/Administration is required to aid them in their discovery and to provide any data that they consider relevent. They will say no until you give them what they ask for. They want information that you are hiding. You answer to "the people" and "the people" are asking you for information. Give it to them..

[Stuckinthebush]

54. It just looks like they are desperate

Keep it up Bushie baby.

[anotherdrew]

55. no democrat should eat a picnic with a war criminal!

boycot the event

[Andromeda]

56. Oooooooh, I'm scared....

Now let's hope they stand firm on the issues important to most of us and not let that bully get away with diminishing us.

[truthisfreedom]

57. this will really get the Dems behind bush. what an idiot.

he's doing nothing to woo them. attacking more than half the country is an idiotic way to handle the job of being President of the USA. what a desperate, weak-minded buffoon.

[LynnTheDem]

58. As the vast majority of Americans also oppose bush's bullshit,

the vast majority of Americans are obstructionists too.

[napi21]

59. Actually, I like this idea! It's taking them off message, and they don't

like that! The Dems are obviously makeing an impact or you'd never hear the Pugs getting so defensive! Knock yourself out guys. I'll get my popcorn out and enjoy the show.

[kodi]

60. dear scottie: democrats are disinclined to allow Bush to destroy America

.

[stepnw1f]

62. We Are Gonna Tell the Public That You Democrats Are Being....

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[depakid]

63. Pravda on the Potomac again

Just more overt propaganda and misdirection.

These folks really are shameless. I don't think they'll EVER get their reputation back.